Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten, is their most successful album. The personal,
narrative singles "Alive," "Jeremy," and "Even Flow" catapulted the emerging
band into the 10-million-plus-sales numbers.

"When their debut came out, Pearl Jam were competing with Nirvana in a grunge popularity contest they were bound to lose. Yet Ten is a near-perfect record: Eddie Vedder's shaky, agonized growl and Mike McCready's wailing guitar solos on "Alive" and "Jeremy" push both songs to the brink and back again." - www.rollingstone.com